Tank.



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(Application filed my 2, 1901.)

, ill l m vE/v'ron lwyaW ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE BEOKING, OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE.

TANK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 691,585, dated January 21, 1902.

Application filed May 2,1901.

T0 at whom, it may concern: 7

Be itknown that I, GEORGE BEOKING, a citizen of the United States, residing atOhatta nooga, in the county of Hamilton and State of Tennessee, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Tanks, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in closettanks and other reservoirs, and has for an object, among others, to provide improvements in the devices for securing the main and after filling operation of the flushing-valve and in the means for preventing the overflow of the tank in case the devices for automatically controlling the supply should become inoperative for any reason.

The invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional side view of a tank provided with my improvement. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof, partly broken away. Fig. 3 is a detail side view of the latch in the position it occupies when the tank is empty or full. Fig. 4 shows the position of the latch when it is engaged with the lever for holding the flushing-valve open during the main flushing operation. Fig. 5 is a detail side view of the latch, showing the same supporting the lever in position to hold the flushing-valve slightly open to secure what is ordinarily termed the afterfill; and Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the latch.

It frequently happens in flushing closets that the force of the flushing flow is so great as to cause it to empty the trap. To avoid this, I provide means, as shown, by which to secure a gentle flow after the main flushing operation by which to fill the trap. The tank A and its flushing-valve B ma in general respects be of ordinary construction. The valve 3 has a tubular stem C, open at the top, so in case water should rise above the high-water level in the tank it may flow out through the stem of the valve. The supply-valve E may be operated by the float E.

' The lever D is pivoted at .D', and when operated to the position shown in full lines, Fig. 1, it will open the flushing-valve and the tank can empty. To hold the lever in position to hold the valve open, I provide the latch F,

Serial No. 58,430. on model.)

which is in the form of-a plate pivoted at its upper end at F and provided with a slot F to receive a pin (1 on the lever D. This slot F is provided with an upper seat f and a lower seat f, formed to receive and support the pin (:1 of the lever D. 'Theplate is also provided with a projecting arm F which is connected bya chain or other connection G with the float E. Normally the plate F swings to the position shown in Fig. 3, in which the pin (1 is in the lower portion of the slot F below the seat f If the operating-lever be moved from the position shown inFig. 3 to that shown in Fig. 1, the latch F willswing by its gravity from the position shown in Fig. 3 to that shown in Figs. 1 and 4, in which the pin 01 will rest upon the upper seatfand the latch will hold the valve B open to its full extent until the float E has been lowered by the discharge of the water to about the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1, at which time the said float will swing the latch F slightly to the left from the position shown in Fig. 4. and permit the escape of the pin 01 from the seatfand permit it to drop upon the lower seat f, as shown in Fig. 5, in which position the latch will hold the valve'slightly open for a few seconds and permit a gentle flow by which to secure the afterfill, as desired. By preference the arm F is connected adj ustably with the body of the latch by passing it through an opening f through which it may be adjusted to any desired position, a screw f operating to secure the arm in any position to which it may be adjusted.

Having thus described my-invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The improved apparatus herein described comprising the tank, the 'flushing- Valve, afloat, the operating-lever connected with the flushingvalve, for operating the same, a latch comprising a plate pivoted at its upper end and provided with a slot having an upper and a lower seat adapted to support the operating-lever and provided with a projecting arm connected with the float, and the pin or projection from the operating-lever entering the slot of the latch-plate and arranged to be supported on the seats thereof substantially as set forth.

2. In an apparatus substantially as de- ICO scribed, the combination of the tank, the flushing-valve, means for opening said valve, and a latch acting upon the valve-operating means and having upper and lower seats arranged to hold such operating means in two adjustments whereby the valve may be held open for the main flushing operation, and subsequently be held open to a lesser degree to secure the afterfill, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the tank, the flushing-valve, the lever connected with the flushing-valve and provided with a pin or projection, and a latch pivoted at its upper end, extended adjacent to the lever and provided with a slot arranged to receive the pin on said lever and having, upper and lower seats for such pin substantially as set forth.

4. In an apparatus substantially as described, the combination of the tank, the flushing-valve, the operating-lever, the latch having upper and lower seats arranged to support said lever in different positions, and means for releasing the latch from the lever, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination in an apparatus substantially as described of the tank, the operating-lever, a latch having upper and lower seats to engage with the lever for supporting it in diiferent positions, and a float arranged to operate said latch whereby to cause it to release the lever from its upper position substantially as set forth.

6. The combination of the flushing-valve, i

the operating-lever connected therewith, the projection on the lever to enter the slot in the latch-plate, the latch having a plate pivoted at its upper end and provided with a slothaving upper and lower seats for the projection on the operating-lever, the arm adjustably connected with said plate, and the float connected with said arm whereby to operate the latch substantially as set forth.

7. The combination in an apparatus substantially as described of the tank, the valve, 1 a lever for operating the'valve, a latch alongside said lever and provided with means operating upon the lever for supporting it in two positions, and means for operating said 1 latch substantially as set forth.

B. The combination substantially as de- 1 scribed, of the lever having a lateral pin, the latch pivoted at its upper end and provided with a slot having shoulders forming upper and lower seats for the pin of the lever and provided at its lower end with an arm, the float connected with said arm and arranged to operate the latch, the valve and the tank substantially as set forth.

9. In an apparatus substantially as described the combination of the tank, the flushing-valve, a moving part or projection in connection with the valve, a 1atcl1-plate provided with a slot having upper and lower shoulders forming seats for the said projection whereby the latch may support the valve in two positions, and means for releasing the l latch substantially as set forth.

GEORGE BEOKING.

Witnesses:

'l. E. PATTERSON, W. C. SLOAN. 

